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they call this election protection. >> that's right, election protection, chris. ahead of next month's presidential election, jet blue is offering you a way to make good on threats to leave the country if your candidate does not win. now the airline is giving away a total of 2012 seats for customers on the losing end of the battle between obama and romney. let's have a listen. >> if things don't go your way, don't worry, here's your chance to get out of the country with a free flight. >> i'm taking the wife, the dog, the cat. >> adios. >> jet blue presents election protection 2012. >> now you can escape to mexico, there are also lots of other american and caribbean destinations. the free flight does not include taxes, fees or a hotel. so you are up for those costs. >> one of the weirder promotions, frito lay is doing a promotion that's kind of cheesy, sorry for the pun. >> sorry for the pun. commissioned by cheetos, the artist jason boleman created portraits of both the presidents and contender romney using more than 2,000 individual cheetos, not counting all the
they call this election protection. >> that's right, election protection, chris. ahead of next month's presidential election, jet blue is offering you a way to make good on threats to leave the country if your candidate does not win. now the airline is giving away a total of 2012 seats for customers on the losing end of the battle between obama and romney. let's have a listen. >> if things don't go your way, don't worry, here's your chance to get out of the country with a free...
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election. >> it is in the news a lot. so people who are paying close attention looking to see where these two men stand. let's talk, for example, benjamin netanyahu informing the relationship, friendship with netanyahu informing the foreign policy and a thing to talk about is iran. tough talk. he thinks there can be even tougher sanctions. put that in to some context for us. >> well, in fact, the two men talk a little bit differently but their policies mirror each other. the fact is they both talked about keeping the military option on the table. and they have both talked about tougher sanctions. obama administration is moving, coordinating with the europeans on tougher sanctions against iran. even as it leaves the door open to diplomacy. i'm not sure what mitt romney can do to except escalate the military option that would differentiate, be that different than what the obama administration has done. >> we also hear that in this speech today he'll emphasize the solution of a two-state solution and when we saw that videota
election. >> it is in the news a lot. so people who are paying close attention looking to see where these two men stand. let's talk, for example, benjamin netanyahu informing the relationship, friendship with netanyahu informing the foreign policy and a thing to talk about is iran. tough talk. he thinks there can be even tougher sanctions. put that in to some context for us. >> well, in fact, the two men talk a little bit differently but their policies mirror each other. the fact is...
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in the presidential election. here are vote histories for other people on your block. it had people who live near you. and then there came a threat. another election coming up. afterwards we will send everybody an updated set. this increased turnout among people received it by 20%. it also got the guy that sent death threats. both of those facts sort of convinced people this idea of social pressure, behavioral psychologists call it, was potent in politics. that -- citizens want to fit in with when they see their neighbors doing and want to live up to see as sort of standards of responsible citizenship. and using some version of the social pressure is -- going to be widespread in november. >> yes. peer pressure seems to never go away. i also want to ask you about young voters. i spent a lot of time on campaign trails, college campuses. we have seen rock the vote which has been out there for many, many presidential campaigns now. but traditionally, young voters are not the most reliable voters. i'm wondering if the
in the presidential election. here are vote histories for other people on your block. it had people who live near you. and then there came a threat. another election coming up. afterwards we will send everybody an updated set. this increased turnout among people received it by 20%. it also got the guy that sent death threats. both of those facts sort of convinced people this idea of social pressure, behavioral psychologists call it, was potent in politics. that -- citizens want to fit in with...
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law cannot go in effect for the general election. there is a chance the state could appeal this to the state's supreme court, but based on what the supreme court said last time they looked at this, it's doubtful they would succeed there. what the judge says here is yes, it's true. the state has said we can fix some of the problems that have come up before, but he says, i question whether there is enough time now to fix these problems. i think there are going to be more problems down the road putting this into effect like we've already seen, he says. he believes that the gap between the photo i.d.'s issued and the estimated need cannot be closed before the election. in other words, he says all the people who would have to get new photo i.d.s, he doubts there is enough time for them to get them. he says i'm not convinced in my predictive judgment there won't be any voter disenfranchisement arising out of this new law. pennsylvania in march passed this new law requiring voter i.d.s. people started going to get them and the state said, w
law cannot go in effect for the general election. there is a chance the state could appeal this to the state's supreme court, but based on what the supreme court said last time they looked at this, it's doubtful they would succeed there. what the judge says here is yes, it's true. the state has said we can fix some of the problems that have come up before, but he says, i question whether there is enough time now to fix these problems. i think there are going to be more problems down the road...
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chris, this election, the october surprise may not come until november the 2rd. that's the day the final jobs report is released that we're all watching. >> we are, and we're still waiting to see the full impact on the polls from this first jobs report. thank you so much, richard lui. and that's going to wrap up this hour of "jansing & co." i'm chris jansing. thomas roberts is up next. hello, thomas. >> hi, chris. good morning, everybody. >>> the breaking news from pennsylvania, convicted pedophile, 68-year-old jerry sandusky sentenced to at least 30 years behind bars. details on the emotional victim impact statements and the 18-minute first-person explanation from jerry sandusky himself. >>> then, with just 28 days, that's it, left in the presidential race, it has never been tighter and we've got two new battleground polls that may be a huge wake-up call for the president's re-election team. and both president obama and mitt romney know the path to the white house leads straight through ohio. both men stumping there today, the last day for ohio voters to registe
chris, this election, the october surprise may not come until november the 2rd. that's the day the final jobs report is released that we're all watching. >> we are, and we're still waiting to see the full impact on the polls from this first jobs report. thank you so much, richard lui. and that's going to wrap up this hour of "jansing & co." i'm chris jansing. thomas roberts is up next. hello, thomas. >> hi, chris. good morning, everybody. >>> the breaking news...